TODAY  Version 3.6   11/14/93       Copyright 1986, 1993  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Saturday  August 21, 2004.
 This is the 234th day of the year, there are 132 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1938 Steve Camberling Cowper            7th Governor of Alaska
    In 1873 Xenophon Overton Pindall          26th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1852 James Hamilton Peabody            13th Governor of Colorado 
    In 1784 Enos Thompson Throop               12th Governor of New York
    In 1872 George White                       52nd Governor of Ohio
    In 1859 Westmoreland Davis                 53rd Governor of Virginia     
    In 1936 Booth Gardner                      19th Governor of Washington
    In 1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building.

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 8, Day 2
    In 1959 Hawaii,            50th state in the Union    (FLAG)
    13 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    21 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    32 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    59 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    67 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    71 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    99 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    In 2004 166 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 551 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 908 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1256 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1965 GEMINI-V,   US SPACE CAPSULE
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:13 AM 8:50 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:47 AM 8:06 PM
    Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
    In 1965 Gemini 5 launched into earth orbit (2 astronauts)
    In 1968 William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)
    In 1972 US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus is launched
    In 1841 John Hampson patents the venetian blind
    In 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state.
    In 1968 Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia.
    In 1991 Second Russian revolution fails as coup leaders flee.
            Gorbachev returns to find Yeltsin a hero.
    In 1975  3 truck pile up killed 10, injured 26 on French highway.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1947 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo             39th & 43rd Governor of Missis
    In 1955 Arthur Griswold Crane              20th Governor of Wyoming 
    The louder he talked of his honor,
    the faster we counted our change.

 And remember...
    ITS SATURDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2010! 
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD 
    All U.S. Space Shuttles Grounded.
    Atlantis    U.S. Space Shuttle launch time unknown!
    Endeavour   U.S. Space Shuttle launch time unknown!
    Discovery   U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in March\April 2005!
    Aug 27 - Birthdate for   Pres. Lyndon B Johnson     (US) 36
    Sep 09 - Statehood Day for California
    Sep 14 - Death of President William McKinley
    Sep 15 - Birthdate for   Pres. William H Taft       (US) 27 
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